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STATE  OF/ IOWA 


Department  of  Public  Instruction 

DES  MOINES 


CIRCULAR  NO.  7—1914 

49*'Af  ter  caref  al  reading,  file  for  f  atare  reference 


Extracts  of  School  Laws  as  amended  by  the  Thirty-fifth 
M  General  Assembly 


Published  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


The  Thirty-fifth  General  Assembly  enacted  many  new  school  laws  and 
modified  others  of  long  standing.  These  laws  are,  for  the  most  part, 
now  in  effect,  and  have,  in  most  instances,  proven  the  wisdom  of  the 
school  legislation.  Owing  to  the  heavy  demand,  it  has  been  found 
necessary  to  print  a  new  issue  of  "Recent  Legislation  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Instruction,"  under  authority  of  the  Executive  Council. 

We  have  followed  the  usual  custom  of  giving  them  the  original  enact- 
ment where  it  conveyed  the  thought  clearly.  In  cases  where  only 
a  few  words  were  changed  the  entire  section,  as  amended,  is  published. 
We  have  tried  to  make  the  meaning  clear  in  every  case,  but  should  the 
reader  have  difficulty  in  understanding  any  portion  of  the  amendments, 
he  should  look  up  the  original  law  in  its  relationship  to  the  parts 
added. 

County  Superintendents  are  cautioned  to  use  very  judiciously  the  few 
copies  that  may  be  sent  to  them.  However,  in  every  case  where  a 
person  is  really  in  need  of  this  circular,  it  may  be  handed  out. 


May  1,  1914. 


A.  M.  DEYOB, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


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SCHOOL    LAWS  PASSED   BY  THE  THIRTY-FIFTH 
GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 


SCHOOL  TREASURERS. 

Sec.  2768.  Duties  of  treasurer — payments  of  warrants.  The  treas- 
urer shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  corporation,  pay  the  same 
out  only  upon  the  order  of  the  president  countersigned  by  the  secretary, 
keeping  an  accurate  account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  in  a  book 
provided  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  register  all  orders  drawn  and  re- 
ported to  him  by  the  secretary,  showing  the  number,  date,  to  whom 
drawn,  the  fund  upon  which  drawn,  the  purpose  and  amount.  The  money 
collected  by  tax  for  the  erection  of  schoolhouses  and  the  payment  of 
debts  contracted  therefor  shall  be  called  the  schoolhouse  fund;  that  col- 
lected for  the  payment  of  school  building  bonds  shall  be  called  the  school 
building  bond  fund;  that  for  rent,  fuel,  repairs,  and  other  contingent 
expenses  necessary  for  keeping  the  school  in  operation,  the  contingent 
fund;  and  that  received  for  the  payment  of  teachers,  the  teachers'  fund; 
and  he  shall  keep  a  separate  account  with  each  fund,  paying  no  order 
that  fails  to  state  the  fund  upon  which  it  is  drawn  and  the  specific  use 
to  which  it  is  to  be  applied.  Whenever  an  order  cannot  be  paid  in  full 
out  of  the  fund  upon  which  it  is  drawn,  partial  payment  may  be  made. 
All  school  orders  shall  draw  lawful  interest  after  being  presented  to  the 
treasurer  and  by  him  endorsed  as  not  paid  for  want  of  funds. 

It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  each  school  corpora- 
tion to  deposit  all  funds  in  his  hands  as  such  treasurer  in  some  bank,  or 
banks,  in  the  state  at  interest  at  the  rate  of  at  least  two  per  cent  per 
annum  on  ninety  per  cent  of  the  daily  balances  payable  at  the  end  of 
each  month,  all  of  which  shall  accrue  to  the  benefit  of  the  contingent 
fund  of  such  school  corporation;  but  before  such  deposit  is  made,  such 
bank  shall  file  a  bond  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  treasurer  and 
the  board  of  directors  of  such  corporation  in  double  the  amount  de- 
posited, conditioned  to  hold  the  school  corporation  harmless  from  all 
loss  by  reason  of  such  deposit  or  deposits;  provided,  that  in  cases  where 
an  approved  surety  company's  bond  is  furnished,  said  bond  may  be  ac- 
cepted in  an  amount  equal  to  ten  (10)  per  cent  more  than  the  amount 
deposited.  Said  bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  president  of  the  school 
board  and  action  may  be  brought  thereon  either  by  the  treasurer  or  the 
school  corporation  as  the  board  may  elect. 

This  act  being  deemed  of  immediate  importance  shall  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage  and  approval  and  publication  thereof  had  in  the 
Register  and  Leader  and  the  Des  Moines  Capital,  newspapers  published 
in  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  247;  31  G.  A.,  ch.  139;  C,  '73, 
§§  1747-50;  R.,  §§  2048-50;  C,  '51,  §§  1138-40.] 


Sec.  2780.  Allowance  of  claims — settlements — comi>ensation  of  offi- 
cers. It  shall  audit  and  allow  all  just  claims  against  the  corporation, 
and  no  order  shall  be  drawn  upon  the  treasury  until  the  claim  therefor 
has  been  audited  and  allowed;  it  shall  from  time  to  time  examine  the 
accounts  of  the  treasurer  and  make  settlements  with  him;  shall  present 
at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  electors  a  full  statement  of  the  receipts 
had  and  expenditures  made  since  the  preceding  meeting,  with  such  other 
information  as  may  be  considered  important;  and  shall  fix  the  compen- 
sation to  be  paid  the  secretary.  But  no  member  of  the  board  or  treas- 
urer shall  receive  compensation  for  oflacial  services.  [35  G.  A.,  ch. 
247;  C,  '73,  §§  1732-3,  1738,  1813;  R.,  §§  2037-8;  C,  '51,  §§  1146, 
1149.] 


MINIMUM  TEACHERS'  WAGE. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  249. 

AN  ACT  to  establish  a  minimum  wage  for  teachers  In  the  public  schools 
of  the  state,  prohibiting  the  contracting  for  or  paying  a  lesser  sum 
and  providing  penalties  for  the  violation  of  same. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  all  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  shall 
be  paid  for  their  services  a  minimum  wage  of  not  less  than  the  amounts 
hereinafter  set  forth.  All  fractions  in  average  grades  to  be  figured  at 
the  nearest  whole  number. 

1.  Teachers  holding  a  first  grade  uniform  county  certificate  or 
higher,  shall  be  paid  a  daily  wage  of  not  less  than  a  sum  obtained  by 
multiplying  three  (3)  cents,  by  the  general  average  grade  shown  on 
such  certificate. 

2.  Teachers  holding  a  second  grade  uniform  county  certificate  shall 
be  paid  a  daily  wage  of  not  less  than  a  sum  obtained  by  multiplying 
two  and  three-quarters  ( 2  % )  cents  by  the  general  average  grade  shown 
on  such  certificate  up  to  and  including  a  general  average  grade  of 
eighty-five  (85)  per  cent. 

3.  Teachers  holding  a  third  grade  uniform  county  certificate  shall 
be  paid  a  daily  wage  of  not  less  than  a  sum  obtained  by  multiplying 
two  and  one-half  ( 2 1^ )  cents  by  the  general  average  shown  on  such 
certificate.  i  .   ' 

Provided  that  a  teacher  having  contracted  on  a  second  or  third  grade 
certificate  in  conformity  with  this  act,  shall  fulfill  such  contract  at  the 
wage  fixed  at  the  time  of  signing  same,  plus  any  additional  credit 
earned  under  section  two  (2)  hereof. 

Sec.  2.  Every  teacher  holding  either  a  second  or  third  grade  certifi- 
cate who  has  taught  successfully  for  one  year  and  attended  an  approved 
teachers'  training  school  for  a  period  of  six  weeks  following,  shall  upon 
proper  certification  of  such  attendance,  receive  a  credit  of  three  points 
in  estimating  the  salary  due,  and  to  be  paid,  but  such  credit  shall 
not  operate  to  raise  the  grade  of  such  certificate. 


Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  school  board  or  any  school  oflScer 
to  contract  for  or  pay  a  less  wage  to  any  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  this  state  than  the  minimum  amounts  herein  fixed  for  the  grade 
certificate  held  by  such  public  school  teacher.  But  nothing  herein  shall 
be  construed  as  limiting  the  right  to  make  a  lawful  contract  for  a  higher 
wage  than  herein  specified  as  a  minimum. 

Sec.  4.  Any  school  officer  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall 
be  fined  a  sum  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($2  5.00)  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  and 
shall  be  suspended  from  office. 

Approved,  April  18,  A.  D.  1918. 


TEACHERS'  MINIMUM  WAGE  SCALE,  UNDER  CHAPTER  249,  ACTS 
OF  THE  THIRTY-FIFTH  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  give  a  complete  minimum  wage  scale  under  this 
chapter.     However,  it  is  well  to  know  certain  facts  relative  to  the  law. 

To  determine  the  monthly  salary  of  a  teacher  holding  a  third  grade 
uniform  county  certificate,  one  should  multiply  two  and  one-half  cents 
by  the  average  found  on  the  certificate  and  the  product  by  twenty. 
It  will  be  observed  that  third  grade  certificates  have  no  maximum 
average  and  that  3  per  cent  may  be  added  for  attendance  at  summer 
school. 

To  determine  the  monthly  salary  of  a  teacher  holding  a  second  grade 
certificate,  multiply  two  and  three-quarters  cents  by  the  average  found 
on  the  certificate  up  to  and  including  85  per  cent,  and  the  product  by 
twenty.  It  should  be  observed  that  the  maximum  average  for  a 
second  grade  certificate  is  85  per  cent,  except  that  for  attending  a 
training  school  under  the  law  3  per  cent  may  be  added. 

To  determine  the  monthly  salary  of  a  teacher  holding  a  first  grade 
certificate,  multiply  three  cents  by  the  average  found  on  the  certificate, 
and  the  product  by  twenty.  It  should  be  observed  that  here  also  no 
maximum  average  is  given. 

Teachers  holding  state  certificates  would  come  in  the  "or  higher" 
class  mentioned  in  Paragraph  1  of  Section  1.  The  department,  since 
state  certificates  bear  no  grades,  has  held  that  the  lowest  wage  possible 
that  may  be  paid  the  holder  of  a  state  certificate  is  $51.00.  School 
boards  are  recommended  to  pay  holders  of  state  certificates  a  higher 
salary  than  the  minimum  for  a  first  grade  uniform  county  certificate. 

THIRD   GRADE. 

The  lowest  general  average  grade  for  a  certificate  is  65  per  cent. 

Daily  Monthly 

Wage  Wage 

65  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2i^c $1,625  $32.50 

70  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2i/4c 1.75  35.00 

74  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2i/^c 1.85  37.00 

74  per  cent  with  3  points  added  at  2l^c 1.925  38.50 


SECOND    GRADE. 

The  lowest  general  average  grade  for  a  certificate  is  75  per  cent. 

75  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2%c $2.0625  $41.25 

80  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2%c 2.20  44.00 

85  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  2%c 2.3375  46.75 

85  per  cent  with  3  points  added  at  2%c 2.42  48.40 

FIRST    GRADE. 

The  lowest  general  average  grade  for  a  certificate  is  85  per  cent. 

85  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  3c $2.55  $51.00 

90  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  3c 2.70  54.00 

95  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  3c 2.85  .  57.00 

100  per  cent  general  average  grade  at  3c 3.00  60.00 


DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  103. 

AN  ACT  to  establish  a  department  of  public  instruction,  and  to  amend 
section  ten  hundred  and  sixty-five  (1065)  of  the  supplement  to  the 
code,  1907,  and  to  repeal  chapter  one  (1)  of  title  thirteen  (13)  of 
the  code,  and  to  repeal  chapter  one  (1)  of  title  thirteen  (13)  of  the 
supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  as  amended,  relative  to  the  office  of 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  and  to  enact  a  substitute 
therefor. 

Be  it  Enacted  ty  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  The  governor  shall,  during  the  session  of  the  thirty-sixth 
general  assembly  and  every  four  years  thereafter,  nominate  and  with 
the  consent  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  senate  in  executive 
session,  appoint  a  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  whose  term  of 
oflice  shall  commence  on  the  first  secular  day  of  July  next  following  his 
appointment,  and  shall  continue  for  the  period  of  four  years,  and  until 
his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified;  and  the  term  of  office  of  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  office  at  the  taking  effect  of  this 
act  is  hereby  extended  until  the  appointment  and  qualification  of  such 
officer  under  this  act.  Vacancies  at  any  time  occurring  in  said  office 
shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  governor,  but  no  person  so  ap- 
pointed shall  hold  office  beyond  the  end  of  the  session  of  the  legislature 
next  ensuing,  unless  approved  by  the  senate  as  above  provided. 

Sec.  2.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall,  at  the  time  of 
his  appointment,  be  a  graduate  of  an  accredited  university  or  college, 
or  of  a  four-year  course  above  high  school  grade  in  an  accredited  normal 
school,  and  shall  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experience  as  a  teacher 
or  school  superintendent.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  his  duties,  take 
and  subscribe  the  constitutional  oath  of  office,  which  shall  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state. 

Sec.  3.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  have  general 
supervision  and  control  over  the  rural,  graded  and  high  schools  of  the 


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state,  and  over  such  other  state  and  public  schools  as  are  not  under  the 
control  of  the  state  board  of  education,  or  board  of  control  of  state  in- 
stitutions, and  his  office  shall  be  known  as  the  department  of  public  in- 
struction.    It  shall  be  his  duty: 

1.  To  ascertain,  so  far  as  practicable,  by  inspection  or  otherwise,  the 
conditions,  needs  and  progress  of  the  schools  belonging  to  his  depart- 
ment. 

2.  To  suggest,  through  public  addresses,  pamphlets,  bulletins,  and 
by  meetings  and  conferences  with  school  officers,  teachers,  parents,  and 
the  public  generally,  such  changes  and  improvements  as  he  may  think 
desirable,  and  may  publish  and  distribute  such  views  and  information 
as  he  may  deem  important. 

3.  To  endeavor  to  promote  among  the  people  of  the  state  a  proper 
interest  in  the  general  subject  of  education,  including  industrial  and 
commercial  education,  agriculture,  manual  and  vocational  training, 
domestic  science  and  continuation  work. 

4.  To  classify  and  define  the  various  schools  belonging  to  his  de- 
partment, and  to  formulate  suitable  courses  of  study  therefor,  and  to 
publish  and  distribute  such  classifications  and  courses  of  study. 

5.  To  prescribe  the  reports,  both  legular  and  special,  which  shall  be 
made  by  public  school  officers,  superintendents  and  teachers,  and  other 
persons  or  officers  having  the  custody  or  control  of  public  school  funds 
or  property,  and  to  prepare  suitable  forms  therefor,  and  to  furnish 
blanks  for  such  reports  as  are  made  to  him. 

6.  To  publish  and  distribute  from  time  to  time  leaflets  and  circu- 
lars relative  to  such  days  and  occasions  as  he  may  deem  worthy  of 
special  observance  in  the  public  schools. 

7.  To  examine  and  determine  all  appeals  made  to  him  according  to 
law  and  the  rules  relating  thereto,  and  to  prescribe  rules  of  practice 
therefor  not  inconsistent  with  law.  He  shall  also  render  written  opinions 
upon  questions  submitted  by  school  officers  pertaining  to  their  duties. 

8.  He  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  January  of  each  year,  report  to  the 
auditor  of  state  the  number  of  persons  of  school  age  in  each  county. 

He  shall  report  biennially  to  the  governor  the  conditions  of  the 
schools  under  his  supervision,  including  the  number  and  kind  of  school 
districts,  the  number  of  schools  of  each  kind,  the  number  and  value  of 
school  houses,  the  enrollment  and  attendance  in  each  county  for  the 
previous  year,  any  plans  matured  or  measures  proposed  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  public  schools,  and  such  financial  and  statistical  in- 
formation as  may  be  of  public  importance;  he  may  also  include  such 
general  information  relating  to  educational  affairs  and  conditions  within 
the  state  or  elsewhere,  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

9.  He  shall,  when  deemed  necessary,  cause  to  be  prepared  and  pub- 
lished a  pamphlet  containing  suitable  plans  and  specifications  for  pub- 
lic school  buildings,  including  the  most  approved  means  and  methods  of 


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heating,  lighting  and  ventilating  the  same,  together  with  information 
and  suggestions  for  the  proper  and  economical  construction  thereof.  It 
is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  state  architect  to  render  such  assistance 
and  to  perform  such  services  in  preparing  such  plans  and  specifications 
as  may  be  requested  by  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

10.  He  shall  appoint  county  educational  meetings  or  institutes  to 
be  held  in  each  county  once  each  year  and  not  more  than  twice,  and 
shall  designate  the  time  and  place  for  holding  them.  The  program 
therefor,  and  the  instructors  and  lecturers  therein,  shall  be  subject  to 
his  approval. 

11.  He  shall  prepare  and  supply  questions  for  the  examination  of 
applicants  for  teachers'  certificates  and  for  the  examination  of  pupils 
completing  the  eighth  grade  in  the  rural  schools. 

Sec.  4.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  have  an  office 
in  the  capitol.  He  shall  file  and  preserve  all  reports,  documents  and 
correspondence  that  may  be  of  permanent  value,  which  shall  be  open  to 
inspection  under  reasonable  conditions,  by  any  citizen  of  the  state.  He 
shall  keep  a  record  of  the  business  transacted  by  him,  and  shall  turn 
over  to  his  successor  all  records,  papers,  reports,  documents,  books  and 
other  state  property  pertaining  to  his  office.  He  shall  be  furnished  by 
the  executive  council  with  sufficient  office  room  and  clerical  and  steno- 
graphic help,  and  with  all  necessary  books,  blanks,  stationery,  printing, 
postage  and  office  supplies,  and  with  the  reports  of  the  supreme  court 
of  the  state. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall,  every  four  years,  if  deemed  necessary,  cause  to  be 
printed  in  book  form  all  school  laws  then  in  force,  with  such  forms,  rul- 
ings and  decisions,  and  such  notes  and  suggestions  as  may  aid  school 
officers  in  the  proper  discharge  of  their  duties;  a  sufficient  number  of 
copies  shall  be  sent  to  the  county  superintendent  of  each  county  to 
supply  the  school  officers,  directors,  and  superintendents  therein.  He 
may  cause  to  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  after  each  session  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  any  amendments  or  changes  in  the  school  laws  with 
necessary  notes  and  suggestions,  which  shall  be  distributed  as  above 
provided. 

Sec.  6.  He  may  require  from  time  to  time  reports  under  oath  from 
all  officers  and  persons  who  have  any  authority  over,  or  who  have  any 
duties  in  connection  with  public  school  affiairs,  or  who  have,  or  who 
have  lately  had,  the  custody  or  control  of  any  public  school  funds  or 
property.  He  shall  furnish  the  proper  blanks  for  such  reports,  and  any 
such  officer  or  person  who  unreasonably  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a 
report  required  by  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

Sec.  7.  He  may  appoint  a  deputy,  whose  appointment  must  be  ap- 
proved by  the  governor  of  the  state.  The  qualifications  of  the  deputy 
shall  be  the  same  as  required  by  section  two  (2)  of  this  act.  The  deputy 
shall  qualify  in  like  manner  as  his  principal  and  who,  in  the  absence  or 
inability  of  the  superintendent,  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the  office.  He 
shall  also  appoint  a  chief  clerk  and  such  regular  inspectors  of  the  public 


schools  of  the  state,  including  rural,  graded  and  high  schools,  as  lie 
may  deem  necessary,  not  exceeding  three. 

Sec.  8.  From  and  after  the  taking  effect  of  this  act  the  salary  of  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  be  four  thousand  ($4,000.00) 
dollars  per  annum;  the  salary  of  his  deputy  shall  be  twenty-five  hundred 
($2,500.00)  dollars  per  annum;  the  salary  of  the  regular  inspectors  in 
the  department  of  public  instruction  shall  be  two  thousand  ($2,000.00) 
dollars  per  annum  each;  the  salary  oi  the  chief  clerk  shall  be  fifteen 
hundred  ($1,500.00)  dollars  per  annum.  All  such  salaries  to  be  paid 
monthly  upon  the  warrant  of  the  state  auditor.  The  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  and  his  deputy  and  the  regular  inspectors  in  his  de- 
partment shall  also  receive  their  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in- 
curred in  the  performance  of  their  ofiicial  duties,  to  be  allowed  upon  an 
itemized  and  verified  account  tiled  with  and  approved  by  the  executive 
council  and  the  state  auditor,  who  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  state 
treasurer  for  the  amount  allowed. 

Sec.  9.  The  law,  as  it  appears  in  section  ten  hundred  and  sixty-five 
(1065)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  of  said  section  the  comma  following  the  words  "and  attor- 
ney general"  in  the  second  line  of  said  section  and  also  striking  out  the 
words  "and  superintendent  of  public  instruction"  in  the  second  and 
third  lines  of  said  section.  And  chapter  one  of  title  thirteen  of  the 
supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  as  amended,  relating  to  the  office  of 
public  instruction,  is  hereby  repealed  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of 
acts  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed 
in  so  far  as  they  may  be  inconsistent  herewith. 

Approved  April  11,  A.  D.  1913. 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

35  G.  A.,  eh.  107. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  law  as  it  appears  in  sections  ten  hundred  seventy- 
two  (1072),  twenty-seven  hundred  forty-two  (2742),  and  twelve 
hundred  seventy-two  (1272),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  re- 
lating to  the  office  of  county  superintendent  of  schools;  to  repeal 
section  twenty-seven  hundred  thirty-four-b  (2734-b)  supplement  to 
the  code,  1907,  relating  to  the  office  of  county  superintendent  of 
schools  and  to  provide  for  the  election,  qualification,  duties  and 
compensation  of  a  county  superintendent  of  schools. 

Be  it  Enacted  l>y  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  ten  hundred  seventy- 
two  (1072),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  of  the  sixth  (6)  and  seventh  (7)  lines  thereof 
the  words  "a  county  superintendent  of  schools,"  and  by  adding  thereto 
the  following:  "On  the  first  Tuesday  in  April  in  the  year  1915,  and 
each  third  (3)  year  thereafter,  and  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the 


office  of  county  superintendent  of  schools,  a  convention  shall  be  held  at 
the  county  seat  for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  at  which  convention  each  school  township,  city,  town  or  village 
independent  district  and  each  independent  consolidated  district  in  the 
county  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote.  Each  such  school  corporation  shall 
be  represented  at  the  convention  by  the  president  of  the  school  board,  or 
in  his  absence  or  inability  to  act,  by  some  member  of  such  school  board, 
to  be  selected  by  the  board.  It  is  further  provided,  however,  that  where 
a  congressional  township  Is  composed  in  whole  or  in  part  of  rural  inde- 
pendent districts  that  such  rural  independent  districts  shall  be  entitled 
to  one  vote  in  the  convention,  which  vote  shall  be  cast  by  such  person 
as  may  be  selected  by  the  presidents  of  the  component  rural  Independent 
districts  within  such  township  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  at  such  time  and 
place  as  the  county  auditor  shall  fix  in  the  written  notice  hereinafter 
provided  for.  All  representatives  to  such  convention  shall  serve  until  a 
county  superintendent  is  elected  and  qualified.  Such  convention  shall 
be  called  by  the  county  auditor  by  mailing  a  written  notice  to  the 
president  and  secretary  of  each  school  corporation  at  least  ten  (10) 
days  prior  to  the  date  of  such  convention  and  by  the  publication  of  such 
notice  in  the  official  newspapers  published  In  the  county.  The  county 
auditor  shall  be  the  secretary  of  such  convention  and  shall  call  same 
to  order  and  submit  a  list  of  the  school  corporations  entitled  to  par- 
ticipate in  such  conventions.  Said  convention  shall  organize  by  the 
selection  of  a  chairman,  and,  when  so  organized,  shall  elect  a  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  who  shall  possess  the  qualifications  required 
by  law  and  shall  hold  the  office  for  the  term  of  three  years  and  until 
his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  Such  convention  may,  by  a 
majority  vote,  select  a  committee  consisting  of  five  members,  whose 
duty  shall  be  to  investigate  the  various  candidates  for  the  office  of 
county  superintendent  and  report  to  said  convention  at  a  subsequent 
day  to  which  the  convention  may  adjourn;  or  by  a  three-fourths  vote 
of  such  convention,  said  committee  may  be  authorized  to  elect  a  county 
superintendent  and  file  its  election  with  the  county  auditor,  and  said 
person  shall  be  deemed  duly  elected  to  such  office.  A  majority  of 
representatives  herein  provided  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  such  repre- 
sentatives to  receive  ten  (10c)  cents  per  mile  one  way  for  the  distance 
necessarily  traveled  in  attending  such  convention,  to  be  paid  from  the 
county  treasury." 

Sec.  2.  That  the  law  as  It  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
forty-two  (2742),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the  same  Is 
hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following:  "provided,  however, 
that  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hundred  fifteen 
(1915)  county  superintendents  shall  receive  the  following  salary,  pay- 
able monthly,  and  the  representatives  of  the  school  corporations  in 
session  may  allow  them  such  further  sum  by  way  of  compensation  as 
may  be  just  and  proper: 

He  shall  receive  a  salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  a  year,  the  ex- 
penses of  necessary  office  stationery  and  postage,  and  those  Incurred 
in  attendance  upon  meetings  called  by  the  superintendent  of  public 


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instruction;  claims  therefor  to  be  made  by  verilied  statements  filed  with 
the  county  auditor,  who  shall  draw  his  warrant  upon  the  county  treas- 
urer therefor;  and  the  board  of  supervisors  may  allow  him  such  further 
sum  by  way  of  compensation  as  may  be  just  and  proper." 

Sec.  3.  That  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
thirty-four-b  (2734-b),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  enacted  in  lieu  thereof: 

"Section  2  734-b.  The  county  superintendent,  who  may  be  of  either 
sex,  shall  be  the  holder  of  a  regular  five-year  state  certificate  or  a  life 
diploma,  and  shall  have  had  at  least  five  (5)  years'  experience  in  teach- 
ing or  superintending,  but  this  provision  as  to  certification  and  experi- 
ence shall  not  apply  until  September  1,  1918,  provided  that  any  county 
superintendent  of  schools  now  serving  shall  be  deemed  eligible  to  re- 
appointment under  this  act.  The  county  superintendent  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  serve  as  the  organ 
of  communication  between  the  department  of  public  instruction  and 
the  various  officers  and  instructors  in  his  county,  and  shall  transmit  or 
deliver  to  them  all  books,  pamphlets,  circulars  or  communications  de- 
signed for  them.  He  shall  visit  the  different  schools  in  his  county  at 
least  once  during  the  school  year  and  also  when  requested  by  a  majority 
of  the  directors  of  any  school  corporation.  He  shall  also,  at  the  request 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  visit  and  report  upon  such 
schools  as  may  be  designated.  He  may  appoint  a  deputy,  for  whose 
acts  he  shall  be  responsible,  and  who  may  act  in  his  stead  except  in 
visiting  schools  and  trying  appeals,  the  salary  of  such  deputy  to  be 
fixed  by  the  representatives  in  convention  assembled.  He  shall,  on 
the  first  Monday  of  each  month,  file  with  the  county  auditor  an  itemized 
and  verified  statement  of  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred 
during  the  previous  month  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties 
within  his  county,  and  such  expenses  shall  be  paid  by  the  county  board 
of  supervisors  out  of  the  county  fund,  but  the  total  amount  so  paid 
for  any  one  year  for  such  purposes  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  fifty  ($250.00)  dollars." 

Sec.  4.  The  term  of  office  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
shall  be  for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified 
and  such  term  shall  begin  on  the  first  secular  day  of  September  after  his 
election;  and  the  terms  of  county  superintendents  now  in  office  are  here- 
by extended  until  the  first  day  of  September,  1915,  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected  and  qualified.  Should  a  vacancy  in  such  office 
occur,  by  death,  removal,  resignation,  or  otherwise,  the  county  auditor 
shall  at  once  call  a  special  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  filling  such 
vacancy. 

Sec.  5.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  confiict  herewith  are,  so  far  as  in 
conflict,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  18,  A.  D.  1913. 


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NORMAL  TRAINING  IN  HIGH  SCHOOL. 

Sec.  2634.  Normal  training  in  certain  high  schools.  For  the  purpose 
of  increasing  the  facilities  for  training  teachers  for  the  rural  schools,  by 
requiring  a  review  of  such  common  branches  as  may  be  deemed  essen- 
tial by  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  and  for  instruction  in 
elementary  pedagogy  and  the  art  of  teaching  elementary  agriculture  and 
home  economics,  provision  is  hereby  made  for  normal  courses  of  study 
and  training  in  such  four-year  high  schools  as  the  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  may  designate,  provided  that  such  high  schools  shall 
be  selected  and  distributed  with  regard  to  their  usefulness  in  supplying 
trained  teachers  for  the  rural  schools  of  all  portions  of  the  state,  and 
with  regard  to  the  number  of  teachers  required  for  rural  schools  in 
each  portion  of  the  state.  It  is  further  provided  that  where  a  township 
high  school  or  a  consolidated  school  organized  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-three  (143)  of  the  acts  of  the 
thirty-fourth  (34)  general  assembly  can  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  it  shall  be  given  preference  over  a 
city  high  school."     [35  G.  A.,  ch.  242;   34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d.  Private  and  denominational  schools.  Private  and  de- 
nominational schools  are  eligible  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  except 
as  to  receiving  state  aid.     [34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-dl.  State  aid — reports — limitations.  Each  high  school 
approved  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  receive  state  aid  to  the 
amount  of  seven  hundred  fifty  ($750.00)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in 
two  equal  instalments  at  the  close  of  each  semester  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  superintendent  of  each  approved  training  school  shall  at  the 
close  of  each  semester  file  such  report  with  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  as  said  officer  may  require.  Upon  receipt  of  a  satisfactory 
report,  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  issue  a  requisition 
upon  the  auditor  of  state  for  the  amount  due  the  school  corporation  of 
said  high  school  for  said  semester,  whereupon  the  auditor  of  state  shall 
draw  a  warrant  on  the  state  treasury  payable  to  said  school  corpora- 
tion for  the  amount  of  said  requisition  and  forward  the  same  to  the 
secretary  of  said  school  corporation.  No  high  schools  shall  be  approved 
as  entitled  to  state  aid  unless  a  class  of  ten  (10)  or  more  shall  have  been 
organized,  maintained  and  instructed  during  the  preceding  semester 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  the  regulations  of  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction.     [35  G.  A.,  ch.  242;  34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d2.  Inspector — salary — ^traveling  expenses.  The  appro- 
priation provided  by  this  act  for  instruction  of  pupils  in  high  schools  in 
the  science  and  practice  of  rural  school  teaching  and  the  teaching  of 
elementary  agriculture  and  home  economics,  may  be  expended  in  part 
for  inspection  and  supervision  of  such  instruction  by  the  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  and  by  such  person  as  he  may  designate,  and  the 
expense  of  such  inspection  and  supervision  shall  be  paid  out  of  said  ap- 
propriation on  vouchers  certified  by  the  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction. In  accordance  with  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section, 
the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  is  authorized  to  appoint  an 


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inspector  or  normal  training  in  high  schools  and  private  and  denomi- 
national schools  at  a  salary  of  not  to  exceed  two  thousand  dollars 
($2,000.00)  per  year  and  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties.     [34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d3.  State  superintendent  to  prescribe  conditions  of  ad- 
mission, etc.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  prescribe 
the  conditions  of  admission  to  the  normal  training  classes,  the  course 
of  instruction,  the  rules  and  regulations  under  which  such  instruction 
shall  be  given  and  the  requirements  for  graduation  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act.     [34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d4.  Examinations  for  graduation — fees.  On  the  first 
Friday  in  February  and  the  Wednesday  and  Thursday  immediately  pre- 
ceding and  on  the  second  Friday  in  May  and  the  Wednesday  and  Thurs- 
day immediately  preceding,  each  year,  in  each  high  school  approved 
under  this  act,  an  examination  for  graduation  from  the  normal  training 
course  shall  be  conducted  under  such  rules  as  the  state  board  of  exam- 
iners shall  prescribe,  but  the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  in 
which  an  approved  high  school  may  be  located  shall  be  designated  as 
the  conductor  of  said  examination. 

Each  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  graduation  shall  pay  a  fee  of  one 
dollar  ($1.00),  one-half  of  which  shall  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  the  succeeding  month,  and  one-half  of  which 
shall  be  paid  into  the  county  institute  of  the  county  wherein  the  exam- 
ination is  held.     [34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d5.  Certificate  of  graduation.  A  certificate  of  graduation 
from  the  normal  training  course  provided  for  in  this  act  shall  be  issued 
by  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  and  shall  be  a  valid  license 
to  teach  in  any  public  school  in  the  state  for  a  term  of  two  years,  sub- 
ject to  registration  as  provided  for  other  teachers'  certificates.  At  the 
expiration  of  said  certificate  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  is 
authorized  to  renew  it  for  a  period  of  three  (3)  years  under  the  same 
conditions  that  apply  to  the  renewal  of  first  grade  uniform  county  certifi- 
cates.    [35  G.  A.,  ch.  242;  34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 

Sec.  2634-d6.  Appropriation.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  moneys 
in  the  state  treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred thousand  ($100,000)  dollars,  available  for  the  period  ending  June 
30,  1914,  and  the  sum  of  one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand  ($125,000) 
dollars  annually  thereafter.     [35  G.  A.,  ch.  242;  34  G.  A.,  ch.  131.] 


STATE  AID  TO  CONSOLIDATED  SCHOOLS. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  250. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  state  aid  to  consolidated  schools  equipped  with  two 
or  more  rooms  and  which  include  in  their  course  of  study,  indus- 
trial and  vocational  subjects,  and  making  an  appropriation  there- 
tor. ' 


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Be  it  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  all  consolidated  schools  organized  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  code  supplement  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
ninety-four-a  (2794-a)  as  amended  by  chapter  one  hundred  forty-three 
(143)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly,  which  are  now 
or  hereafter  established  with  suitable  grounds  and  a  two-room  school 
building  and  the  necessary  departments  and  equipment  for  teaching 
agriculture  and  home  economics,  or  other  industrial  and  vocational  sub- 
jects, and  employing  teachers  holding  a  certificate  showing  their  quali- 
fications to  teach  said  subjects,  and  in  which  said  subjects  are  provided 
as  a  part  of  the  regular  course  in  such  schools,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction;  shall  be  awarded  and  paid 
from  the  state  treasury  from  moneys  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the 
sum  of  $250.00  towards  the  equipment  required,  and  the  further  sum  of 
$200.00  annually. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  such  schools  established  with  a  three-room  school 
building  and  suitable  grounds  and  the  necessary  departments  and  equip- 
ment for  teaching  agriculture,  home  economics  and  manual  training,  or 
other  industrial  and  vocational  subjects,  and  employing  teachers  holding 
a  certificate  showing  their  qualification  to  teach  said  subjects,  and  in 
which  said  subjects  are  provided  as  a  part  of  the  regular  course  in  such 
schools,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion; shall  be  awarded  and  paid  from  the  state  treasury  from  moneys 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  $350.00  towards  the  equipment 
required,  and  the  further  sum  of  $500.00,  annually. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  such  schools  established  with  four  rooms  or  more 
and  suitable  grounds  and  the  necessary  departments  and  equipment  for 
teaching  agriculture,  home  economics  and  manual  training,  or  other 
industrial  and  vocational  subjects,  and  employing  teachers  holding  a 
certificate  showing  their  qualifications  to  teach  said  subjects,  and  in 
which  said  subjects  are  provided  as  a  part  of  the  regular  course  in  such 
schools,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction; shall  be  awarded  and  paid  from  the  state  treasury  from 
moneys  not  otherwise  appropriated  the  sum  of  $500.00  towards  the 
equipment  required,  and  the  further  sum  of  $750.00  annually. 

Sec.  4.  The  secretary  of  each  school  corporation  shall,  at  the  close 
of  each  school  year  report  to  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
as  said  officer  may  require;  upon  receipt  of  a  satisfactory  report,  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  issue  a  requisition  upon  the 
auditor  of  state  for  the  amount  due  such  school  corporation  for  said 
year;  whereupon  the  auditor  of  state  shall  draw  a  warrant  on  the  state 
treasury  payable  to  such  school  corporation  for  the  amount  of  said 
requisition,  and  forward  the  same  to  the  secretary  of  such  school  cor- 
poration. 

Sec.  5.  No  consolidated  school  having  a  high  school  department  shall 
receive  additional  aid  for  maintaining  the  normal  training  course  in 
high  schools  as  provided  in  chapter  one  hundred  thirty-one  (131),  acts 
of  the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly. 


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Sec.  6.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act 
there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  state  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dol- 
lars or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  period  ending  June 
30,  1914,  and  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  ($50,000.00)  dollars,  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  annually  thereafter  for  a  period  of 
four  years. 

Approved  April  2,  A.  D.  1913. 


BONDED  INDEBTEDNESS. 
35  G.  A.,  ch.  252. 
AN  ACT  to  repeal  section  twenty-eight  hundred  thirteen  (2813)  supple- 
ment to  the  code,  1907,  and  enacting  a  substitute  therefor  relating 
to  bonded  indebtedness  of  school  corporations. 

Be  it  Enacted  ly  the  General  Asseml)ly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  section  twenty-eight  hundred  thirteen  (2813)  sup- 
plement to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed  and  the 
following  enacted  in  lieu  thereof: 

The  board  of  each  school  corporation  shall,  when  estimating  and  certi- 
fying the  amount  of  money  required  for  gezeral  purposes,  estimate  and 
certify  to  the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  proper  county,  the  amount 
required  to  pay  interest  due  or  that  may  become  due  for  the  year  be- 
ginning January  first  thereafter,  upon  lawful  bonded  indebtedness  and 
in  addition  thereto  such  amount  as  the  board  may  deem  necessary  to 
apply  on  the  principal;  but  the  amount  estimated  and  certified  to  ap- 
ply on  principal  and  interest  for  any  one  year  shall  not  exceed  five  (5) 
mills  on  the  dollar  of  the  actual  valuation  of  the  taxable  property  of  the 
school  corporation. 

Sec.  2.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  to  which  the  certifi- 
cate is  addressed  within  the  contemplation  of  this  act  shall  levy  the 
necessary  tax  to  raise  the  amount  estimated,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  lawful  and  within  the  limitation  of  this  act,  which  levy  shall  be  made 
as  other  taxes  for  school  purposes. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  apply  to  estimates  heretofore  made,  certificates 
furnished,  or  taxes  levied,  together  with  such  as  may  hereafter  be  made, 
furnished  or  levied  for  the  purposes  contemplated  by  this  act;  but  this 
act  shall  not  apply  to  pending  litigation. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  being  deemed  of  immediate  importance  shall  take 
effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the  Register  and 
Leader  and  Des  Moines  Capital,  newspapers  published  in  the  city  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa. 

Approved  March  8,  A.  D.  1913. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  act  was  published  in  the  Register 
and  Leader,  March  12,  1913,  and  in  the  Des  Moines  Capital,  March  11, 
1913.  W.  S.  ALLEN, 

Secretary  of  State. 


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CERTIFICATES  ON  COLLEGE  GRADUATION. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  226. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  two  thousand  six 
hundred  thirty-four-f  (2634-f)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907, 
relating  to  the  acceptance  of  graduation  from  institutions  of  higher 
learning  as  evidence  that  a  teacher  possesses  the  scholarship  and 
professional  fitness  for  a  state  certificate. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  i.  That  section  two  thousand  six  hundred  thirty-four-f 
(2634-f)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  he  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  by  inserting  after  the  comma  the  following  words  "state  uni- 
versity" in  the  third  line  the  words  "state  teachers'  college"  and  adding 
section  2,  so  that  the  section,  when  so  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

"That  the  state  educational  board  of  examiners  may  accept  gradua- 
tion from  the  regular  and  collegiate  courses  in  the  state  university,  state 
teachers'  college,  state  normal  schools  and  the  state  college  of  agri- 
culture and  mechanic  arts,  and  from  other  institutions  of  higher  learn- 
ing in  the  state  having  regular  and  collegiate  courses  of  equal  rank, 
as  evidence  that  a  teacher  possesses  the  scholarship  and  professional  fit- 
ness for  a  state  certificate. 

Sec.  2.  Graduates  of  colleges  and  schools  located  in  other  states  than 
Iowa,  having  regular  and  collegiate  courses  of  equal  rank  with  the  ac- 
credited colleges  and  schools  of  Iowa,  may  be  given  the  same  recognition 
as  provided  in  section  one  (1)  of  this  act,  providing  they  file  with  the 
board  of  educational  examiners  evidence  of  at  least  two  years'  success- 
ful experience  as  a  teacher,  principal  or  superintendent  of  schools.'* 

Approved  April  17,  A.  D.  1913. 


TUITION  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  239. 

AN  ACT  to  repeal  chapter  one  hundred  and  forty-six  (146)  of  the  acts 
of  the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly,  and  to  enact  a  substitute 
therefor,  relating  to  high  school  tuition. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  chapter  one  hundred  forty-six  (146)  of  the  acts  of 
the  thirty-fourth  (34)  general  assembly  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  fol- 
lowing is  enacted  in  lieu  thereof: 

"Any  person  of  school  age  who  is  a  resident  of  a  school  corporation 
which  does  not  offer  a  four-year  high  school  course  and  who  has  com- 
pleted the  course  as  approved  by  the  department  of  public  instruction 
for  such  corporation  shall  be  permitted  to  attend  any  public  high  school 
or  county  high  school  in  the  state  approved  in  like  manner,  that  will  re- 
ceive him." 


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Any  person  applying  for  admission  to  any  high  school  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  shall  present  the  officials  of  said  high  school  the 
affidavit  of  his  or  her  father,  mother  or  guardian  that  such  applicant  is 
of  school  age  and  a  resident  of  a  school  district  of  this  state,  specifying 
the  district.  He  shall  also  present  a  certificate  signed  by  the  county 
superintendent  showing  proficiency  in  the  common  school  branches, 
reading,  orthography,  arithmetic,  physiology,  grammar,  civics  of  Iowa, 
geography.  United  States  history,  penmanship  and  music. 

The  school  corporation  in  which  such  student  resides  shall  pay  to 
the  secretary  of  the  corporation  in  which  such  student  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  enter  a  tuition  fee  equal  to  the  average  cost  of  tuition  and 
the  average  proportion  of  contingent  expenses  in  the  high  school  de- 
partment in  the  latter  corporation  during  the  time  he  so  attends,  n©t 
exceeding,  however,  a  total  period  of  four  (4)  school  years.  Such  pay- 
ment to  be  made  out  of  the  teachers'  fund  and  the  conting'^nt  fund  or 
out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  debtor  corporation  and  such  tuition  fee 
as  collected  by  the  secretary  shall  be  turned  over  by  him  with  an 
itemized  statement,  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school  funds  on  or  before 
February  15th  and  June  15th  of  each  year,  provided  the  maximum  fee 
collected  from  any  district  for  each  pupil  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of 
three  and  one-half  dollars  ($3.50)  per  month  except  in  high  schools 
where  free  text  books  are  provided  by  the  district  such  additional 
amount  may  be  charged  as  will  cover  the  cost  of  the  text  books  fur- 
nished to  such  pupil. 

If  payment  is  refused  or  neglected  the  board  of  the  creditor  corpora- 
tion shall  file  with  the  auditor  of  the  county  of  the  pupil's  residence 
a  statement  certified  by  its  president  specifying  the  amount  due  for 
tuition  and  for  contingent  expenses  respectively,  and  the  time  for  which 
the  same  is  claimed ;  and  the  auditor  shall  transmit  to  the  county  treas- 
urer an  order  directing  such  treasurer  to  transfer  the  amount  of  such 
account  from  the  debtor  corporation  to  the  creditor  corporation,  and  the 
treasurer  shall  pay  the  same  in  accordance  herewith." 

Approved  April  13,  A.  D.  1913. 


TUITION  IN  COUNTY  HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  240. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  house  file  ninety-three  (93)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty- 
fifth  general  assembly,  relating  to  the  paymient  of  tuition  of  pupils 
attending  high  schools  located  in  other  districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  ly  the  General  AssemMy  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  house  file  ninety-three  (93)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty- 
fifth  general  assembly  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  adding 
the  following  as  an  additional  section  thereto: 

"No  school  corporation  situated  in  a  county  maintaining  a  county 
Jiigh  school  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  tuition  of  pupils  at  any  high 


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school  other  than  such  county  high  school,  but  this  shall  not  apply  to 
pupils  who,  while  residing  at  home,  attend  some  high  school  other  than 
that  of  the  school  corporation  in  which  they  reside;  and  the  tuition  to 
be  paid  by  school  corporations  in  such  county  shall  be  two  ($2.00) 
dollars  per  pupil  per  month." 

Approved  April  19,  A.  D.  1913. 


NORMAL  INSTITUTE. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  225. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-six  hundred 
twenty-two  (2622),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  and  to  repeal  the 
law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred  thirty-eight 
(2738),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  as  amended  by  chapter  one 
hundred  thirty  (130),  acts  of  the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly, 
and  to  enact  a  substitute  therefor,  relating  to  normal  institutes. 

Be  it  Enacted  ty  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-six  hundred 
twenty-two  (2622),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  "and  remain  in  session  not 
less  than  six  (6)  working  days,"  which  words  are  found  in  lines  nine 
(9)  and  ten  (10)  of  said  sectiom. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
thirty-eight  (2738),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  as  amended  by  chap- 
ter one  hundred  thirty  (130)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-fourth  general  as- 
sembly, be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  enacted  in 
lieu  thereof: 

"The  county  superintendent  shall  hold  annually  at  least  one,  but  not 
more  than  two,  county  teachers'  institutes  at  such  times  as  the  schools 
of  the  county  are  generally  in  session;  and  shall,  with  the  concurrence 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  procure  such  assistance  as 
may  be  necessary  to  conduct  the  same." 

The  school  board  of  every  school  district  except  in  city  independent 
school  districts  where  twenty-five  or  more  teachers  are  regularly  em- 
ployed, shall  adjourn  the  school  or  schools  of  said  district  for  not  less 
than  two  days  in  each  school  year  in  order  to  allow  teachers  to  at- 
tend county  teachers'  institutes  held  in  the  county,  without  loss  of 
salary.  The  county  superintendent  shall  issue  a  certificate  of  attendance 
to  each  teacher  showing  number  of  days  of  attendance  at  said  institute, 
and  any  teacher  failing  to  attend  said  teachers'  institute  two  days  shall 
forfeit  his  or  her  average  daily  salary  for  each  day  of  non-attendance, 
except  when  excused  by  the  county  superintendent  for  physical  disability 
to  perform  his  or  her  duties  in  the  school  room. 

In  city  independent  districts  where  twenty-five  or  more  teachers  are 
regularly  employed,   the  county  superintendent  shall  co-operate  with 


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the  city  superintendent  in  arranging  for  educational  lectures  relating 
to  the  professional  work  of  the  teacher  and  to  such  matters  of  public 
education  as  may  best  meet  the  needs  of  the  teachers  in  such  districts 
and  at  such  time  as  may  be  approved  by  the  city  superintendent  and 
city  board  of  education,  in  so  far  as  the  condition  of  the  county  in- 
stitute fund  shall  permit.  All  arrangements  concerning  plans  for  pro- 
fessional teachers'  meetings  in  said  city  districts  shall  be  subject  to  final 
approval  by  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  teachers  in  said  districts  to  attend  said  lectures  and  the  county 
superintendent  shall  issue  a  certificate  of  attendance  showing  number 
of  lectures  attended  as  provided  by  this  act." 

To  defray  the  expenses  of  said  teachers'  institutes,  in  addition  to  the 
fifty  ($50)  dollars  received  annually  from  the  state  and  one-half  of  all 
examination  fees  collected  in  the  county,  one  hundred  fifty  ($150)  dol- 
lars from  the  general  county  fund  shall  be  available  for  that  purpose  in 
counties  having  a  population  of  thirty  thousand  (30,000)  or  less,  which 
amount  shall  be  appropriated  by  the  board  of  supervisors  of  such  county 
at  their  January  session  in  each  year,  and  in  counties  of  over  thirty 
thousand  (30,000),  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars  shall  be  thus  appro- 
priated for  such  purpose. 

No  part  of  the  county  teachers'  institute  fund  received  from  the  afore- 
said sources  may  be  used  for  any  other  purposes  than  to  pay  instructors, 
for  special  supplies  needed  in  order  to  promptly  conduct  said  teachers' 
institutes,  for  janitor  service,  and  rent  fbr  building  in  which  to  conduct 
said  insititutes  if  necessary. 

On  the  first  secular  day  of  each  month,  the  county  superintendent 
shall  transmit  to  the  county  treasurer  all  msneys  received  for  examina- 
tion fees  and  the  state  appropriation  for  institutes,  which,  together 
with  the  county  appropriation,  shall  be  designated  as  "the  county  teach- 
ers' institute  fund;"  he  shall  also  report  monthly  the  names  of  all  ap- 
plicants for  teachers'  certificates  to  the  county  auditor.  All  disburse- 
ments of  the  institute  fund  shall  be  by  warrants  drawn  by  the  county 
auditor,  who  shall  draw  said  warrants  upon  the  written  order  of  the 
county  superintendent,  and  said  written  order  must  be  accompanied 
by  an  itemized  bill  for  services  rendered  or  expenses  incurred  in  con- 
nection with  the  institute,  which  bill  must  be  signed  and  sworn  to  by 
the  party  in  whose  favor  the  order  is  ma^e  and  must  be  verified  by  the 
county  superintendent.  All  said  orders  and  bills  shall  be  kept  on  file 
in  the  auditor's  oflice  until  the  final  settlement  of  the  county  super- 
intendent with  the  board  of  supervisors  at  the  close  of  his  term  of 
office.  No  warrant  shall  be  drawn  by  the  auditor  in  excess  of  institute 
fund  then  in  the  county  treasury.  The  county  superintendent  shall  fur- 
nish to  the  county  board  of  supervisors  a  certified  itemized  account  of 
the  receipts  and  disbursements  of  all  moneys  collected  and  paid  out  by 
him  for  teachers'  institutes  and  summer  schools,  which  account  they 
shall  examine,  audit  and  publish  a  summary  thereof  with  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  regular  June  meeting  of  the  board.  The  county 
superintendent  shall  report  to  the  board   of  supervisors  on  the  first 


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of  January  annually  a  summary  of  his  official  financial  transactions 
for  the  previous  year." 

County  superintendents  are  hereby  authorized  by  law  to  conduct 
from  four  to  six  weeks  summer  school  where  it  may  be  deemed  ad- 
visable, for  the  purpose  of  giving  teachers  and  prospective  teachers 
academic  instruction.  A  fee  shall  be  collected  from  each  attendant 
sufficient  in  the  aggregate  to  meet  all  necessary  expenses  for  the  sup- 
port of  said  summer  school.  The  fee  so  collected  shall  be  paid  into 
the  county  institute  fund  and  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  attendants 
shall  be  filed  with  the  county  auditor.  Warrants  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  instructors  employed  in  summer  schools  shall  be  drawn  by  the 
county  auditor,  who  shall  draw  said  warrant  upon  written  order  of 
the  county  superintendent,  and  said  written  order  must  be  accom- 
panied by  a  certified  itemized  bill  for  services  rendered  or  expenses 
incurred  in  connection  with  said  summer  school,  but  no  warrant  shall 
be  issued  in  excess  of  the  fees  received  from  the  summer  school  and 
deposited  with  the  county  treasurer.  This  act  shall  not  take  effect 
until  July  1,  1914. 

Approved  April  19,  A.  D.  1913. 


ELECTION  OF  SCHOOL  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  2754.  Elections  in  independent  districts — tie  vote.  At  the  an- 
nual meeting  in  all  independent  districts  members  of  the  board  shall 
be  chosen  by  baflot.  In  any  district  including  all  or  part  of  a  city  of 
the  first  class  or  a  city  under  special  charter,  the  board  shall  consist  of 
seven  members,  three  of  whom  shall  be  chosen  on  the  second  Monday 
in  March,  1898,  two  on  the  second  Monday  in  March,  1899,  and  two  on 
the  second  Monday  in  March,  1900.  In  all  other  independent  city, 
town  or  village  districts,  and  in  all  rural  independent  districts  where 
the  board  now  consists  of  six  members,  the  board  shall  consist  of  five 
members,  one  of  whom  shall  be  chosen  on  the  second  Monday  in 
March,  1898,  two  on  the  second  Monday  in  March,  1899,  and  two  on 
the  second  Monday  in  March,  1900.  In  all  independent  city,  town,  or 
village  districts  where  the  board  now  consists  of  three  members  such 
board  shall  hereafter  consist  of  five  members,  three  of  whom  shall  be 
elected  on  the  second  Monday  in  March,  1898,  one  for  one  year,  one 
for  two  years,  and  one  for  three  years.  In  all  other  rural  independent 
districts  the  board  shall  consist  of  three  members,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  chosen  on  the  second  Monday  in  March,  1898,  and  one  each  year 
thereafter.  In  districts  composed  in  whole  or  in  part  of  cities  or  towns, 
a  treasurer  shall  be  chosen  in  like  manner,  whose  term  shall  begin 
on  the  first  day  of  July,  unless  that  date  falls  on  Sunday,  in  which 
case,  on  the  day  following,  and  continue  for  two  years,  or  until  his 
successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  The  term  of  office  of  the  inaumbent 
treasurer  in  said  districts  shall  expire  on  the  third  Monday  in  March, 
1898.  In  such  districts  the  polls  must  remain  open  not  less  than  five 
hours  and  in  rural  independent  districts  and  school  townships  not  less 


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than  two  hours.  In  each,  case  the  polls  shall  open  at  one  o'clock  p.  m., 
except  as  provided  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred  and  fifty-six  of  this 
chapter.  A  tie  vote  for  any  elective  school  office  shall  be  publicly 
determined  by  lot  forthwith,  under  the  direction  of  the  judges.  The 
names  of  all  persons  nominated  as  candidates  for  office  in  all  inde- 
pendent city  or  town  districts  shall  be  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the 
school  board  not  later  than  seven  days  previous  to  the  day  on  which 
the  annual  school  election  is  to  be  held,  each  candidate  to  be  nomi- 
nated by  a  petition  signed  by  not  less  than  ten  qualified  electors  of  the 
district.  The  secretary  of  the  school  board  shall  cause  to  be  printed, 
ballots  upon  which  shall  appear  in  alphabetical  order  the  names  of  all 
candidates  for  each  office,  filed  as  herein  provided,  and  a  blank  line 
for  each  such  officer  to  be  elected,  and  there  shall  be  at  the  left  of 
each  name  and  each  blank  line  a  square  and  there  shall  also  be  a 
direction  to  the  voter  as  to  the  number  of  candidates  to  be  voted  for 
at  said  school  election.  Ballots  shall  be  printed  upon  plain  substantial 
paper  of  uniform  quality  and  shall  have  no  party  designation  or  mark 
whatever.  The  secretary  of  the  board  shall  cause  to  be  delivered  at 
the  several  polling  places  a  sufficient  number  of  ballots.  In  all  other 
respects  the  said  school  election  in  independent  city  or  town  districts 
shall  be  conducted  under  the  general  election  laws  of  the  state  of  Iowa 
so  far  as  same  may  be  applicable.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  245;  31  G.  A.,  ch. 
136,  §  2;  27  G.  A.,  ch.  91,  93;  22  G.  A.,  ch.  51;  18  G.  A.,  ch.  7,  §2; 
C.  '73,  §§1789,  1808.] 

Sec.  2756.  Conduct  of  elections.  As  judges  of  the  election  referred 
to  in  the  preceding  section,  the  board  shall  appoint  three  voters  of  the 
precinct,  one  of  whom  shall  act  as  clerk,  who  shall  be  sworn  as  pro- 
vided in  case  of  a  general  election.  "Such  judges  may  or  may  not  be 
members  of  the  board,  as  the  board  may  determine,  provided  that  not 
more  than  one  member  of  the  school  board  shall  act  as  such  judge  at 
any  one  voting  precinct."  [35  G.  A.,  oh.  245;  31  G.  A.,  ch.  136,  §  2; 
27  G.  A.,  ch.  91,  93;  22  G.  A.,  ch.  51;  18  G.  A.,  ch.  7;  §  2;  C.  '73, 
§§  1789,  1808.] 


MAXIMUM   SCHOOL  TAX  LEVY. 

Sec.  2806.  School  taxes.  The  board  of  each  school  corporation 
shall  at  its  regular  meeting  in  July,  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for 
that  purpose  between  the  time  designated  for  such  regular  meeting  and 
the  third  Monday  in  August,  estimate  the  amount  required  for  the  con- 
tingent fund,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  person  of  school  age, 
but  each  school  corporation  may  estimate  not  exceeding  seventy-five 
dollars  for  each  school  thereof,  and  such  additional  sum  as  may  be 
necessary  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  person  of  school  age  for 
transporting  children  to  and  from  school;  and  also  such  additional 
sum  as  may  be  authorized  in  the  chapter  on  uniformity  of  text-books; 
also  such  sum  as  may  be  required  for  the  teachers*  fund,  which  shall 
not  exceed  thirty  dollars  for  each  person  of  school  age  therein,  but 
each  corporation  may  estimate  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  seventy 


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dollars,  for  each  regular  school  therein.  No  tax  shall  be  estimated  by 
the  board  after  the  third  Monday  in  August  in  each  year.  School 
corporations  containing  territory  in  adjoining  counties  may  vote  and 
estimate  all  taxes  for  school  purposes  in  mills.  The  board  shall  appor- 
tion any  tax  voted  by  the  annual  meeting  for  school  house  fund  among 
the  several  subdistricts  in  such  a  manner  as  justice  and  equity  may 
require,  taking  as  the  basis  of  such  apportionment  the  respective 
amounts  previously  levied  upon  said  subdistricts  for  the  use  of  such 
fund.  This  act  being  deemed  of  immediate  importance,  shall  take 
effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the  Register  & 
Leader  and  the  Des  Moines  Capital,  newspapers  published  at  Des 
Moines,  Iowa. 

"The  board  of  directors  of  any  school  corporation  in  which  there 
is  no  free  public  library  shall  have  the  power  to  contract  with  any 
free  public  library  for  the  free  use  of  such  library  by  the  residents  of 
such  school  district  as  provided  in  section  one  of  this  act  and  to  pay 
such  library  the  amount  agreed  therefor,  and  to  certify  annually  a 
tax  not  exceeding  one  mill  on  the  dollar  of  the  taxable  property  of 
such  district,  to  be  used  exclusively  therefor;  and  during  the  existence 
of  such  contract  a  tax  sufficient  to  pay  such  library  the  consideration 
agreed  upon,  not  exceeding  one  mill  on  the  dollar,  shall  be  certified 
annually  by  such  board.  Each  school  corporation  making  such  con- 
tract shall,  during  the  existence  of  such  contract,  be  relieved  from  the 
requirements  of  section  2823-n  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907. 
This  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  in  townships  where  a 
contract  is  in  existence  under  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  act." 
[35  G.  A.,  ch.  251,  70  §  5;  33  G.  A.,  ch.  182;  31  G.  A.,  ch.  136;  §  14; 
28  G.  A.,  ch.  108;  15  G.  A.,  ch.  67,  §  1;  C,  '73,  §§  1738,  1777-8,1780; 
R.,  §§  2033-4,  2037-44,  2088.] 


TEACHING    AGRICULTURE,    DOMESTIC    SCIENCE    AND    MANUAL 
TRAINING  IN  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 
-  35    G.  A.,   ch.   248. 

AN  ACT  requiring  the  teaching  of  elementary  agriculture,  domestic 
science,  and  manual  training  in  the  public  schools,  after  a  specified 
time. 

Be  it  Enacted  'by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  The  teaching  of  elementary  agriculture,  domestic  science, 
and  manual  training  shall,  after  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred 
and  fifteen  (1915),  be  required  in  the  public  schools  of  the  state;  and 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  prescribe  the  extent 
of  such  instruction  in  the  public  schools.  And  after  the  date  afore- 
said elementary  agriculture  and  domestic  science  shall  be  included 
among  the  subjects  required  in  the  examination  of  those  applicants 
for  teachers'  certificates  who  are  required  by  the  provisions  of  this 
act  to  teach  agriculture  and  domestic  science. 


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QUALIFICATION  OF  TEACHERS. 

Sec.  2734-p.  Application  fee.  Each  applicant  for  a  certificate  shall 
pay  a  fee  of  one  dollar,  one-half  of  which  shall  be  paid  into  the  state 
treasury  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  succeeding  month,  and  one- 
half  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  institute  fund. 

1.  Provided,  however,  that  applicants  for  teachers'  certificates  after 
July  1,  1915,  shall  have  had  at  least  twelve  weeks  of  normal  training, 
and  shall  at  the  time  of  making  such  application  furnish  a  certificate  in 
writing  from  the  institution  where  such  training  was  received,  show- 
ing such  fact.  It  is  further  provided,  that  this  act  shall  not  apply  to 
the  regular  graduates  of  the  state  university,  state  college  of  agri- 
culture and  mechanic  arts,  state  teachers'  college,  any  accredited  col- 
lege of  the  state,  or  of  any  other  college  of  like  character  outside  of 
the  state. 

2.  The  proA-isjons  of  this  act  shall  in  no  way  bar  any  teacher  who 
can  furnish  evidence  of  at  least  six  (6)  months'  successful  teaching 
experience. 

3.  If  there  should  be  schools  without  teachers  and  teachers  cannot 
be  secured  with  qualifications  as  provided  in  section  one  (1)  or  two 
(2)  of  this  act,  then  provisional  certificates  may  be  issued  regardless 
of  qualifications  as  provided  in  said  sections  to  so  many  teachers  as 
shall  be  required  to  supply  such  schools.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  243;  31  G.  A., 
eh.  122,  §  16.] 


COMPULSORY  ATTENDANCE. 

Sec.  2823-a.  Ihities  of  parents  or  guardians — penalty.  Any  person 
having  control  of  any  child  of  the  age  of  seven  (7)  to  sixteen  (16) 
years  inclusive,  in  proper  physical  and  mental  condition  to  attend 
school,  shall  cause  such  child  to  attend  some  public,  private,  or  parochial 
school,  where  the  common  school  branches  of  reading,  writing,  spelling, 
arithmetic,  grammar,  geography,  physiology,  and  United  States  his- 
tory are  taught,  or  to  attend  upon  equivalent  instruction  by  a  com- 
petent teacher  elsewhere  than  school,  for  at  least  twenty-four  (24) 
consecutive  school  weeks  in  each  school  year,  commencing  with  the 
first  week  of  school  after  the  first  day  of  September,  unless  the  board 
of  school  directors  shall  determine  upon  a  later  date  which  date  shall 
not  be  later  than  the  first  Monday  in  December;  but  the  board  of 
directors  in  any  city  of  the  first  and  second  class  may  require  attend- 
ance for  the  entire  time  the  schools  are  in  session  in  any  school  year. 
Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  child  who  lives  more 
than  two  (2)  miles  from  any  school  by  the  nearest  traveled  road  except 
in  those  districts  in  which  the  pupils  are  transported  at  public  expense, 
or  who  is  over  the  age  of  fourteen  (14)  and  is  regularly  employed 
or  has  educational  qualifications  equal  to  that  of  pupils  who  have  com- 
pleted the  eighth  grade,  or  who  is  excused  for  sufficient  reasons  by 
any  court  of  record  or  judge  thereof  or  while  attending  religious 
service    or    receiving    religious    instruction.      Any    person    who    shall 


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violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3) 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  ($20)  dollars,  for  each  offense.  [35 
G.  A.,  ch.  255;  33  G.  A.,  ch.  186,  187;  30  G.  A.,  ch.  116,  §  1;  29  G.  A., 
ch.  128,  §   1.] 

Sec.  2823-i.  School  census.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  officers,  em- 
powered to  take  the  school  census,  to  ascertain  the  number  of  children 
of  the  age  of  seven  (7)  to  sixteen  (16)  years,  inclusive,  in  their 
respective  districts,  the  number  of  such  children  who  do  not  attend 
school,  and  so  far  as  possible,  the  cause  of  failure  to  attend  school. 
[35  G.  A.,  ch.  255;  29  G.  A.,  ch.  128,  §  9.] 


RULES  REGULATING  THE  CONDUCT  OF  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  PUPILS 
AND  FORBIDDING  THE  USE  OF  TOBACCO  BY  SUCH  PUPILS. 

(County  High  Schools.) 

Sec.  2732.  Regulations.  The  principal  of  any  such  high  school, 
with  the  approval  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall  make  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  is  deemed  proper  in  regard  to  the  studies,  conduct  and 
government  of  the  pupils,  and  such  rules  and  regulations  shall  prohibit 
the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  form  by  any  student  of  such  school,  and  any 
pupil  who  will  not  conform  to  and  obey  such  rules  may  be  suspended 
or  expelled  therefrom  by  the  board  of  trustees.  Said  board  of  trustees 
shall  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  in  regard  to  the  age  and 
grade  of  attainments  necessary  to  entitle  pupils  to  admission  into  the 
school,  and  shall,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July  of  each  year  make 
an  apportionment  between  the  different  school  corporations  of  the 
county,  of  the  pupils  that  shall  attend  said  school,  and  shall  apportion 
to  each  of  said  school  corporations  its  proportionate  number,  based 
upon  the  number  of  pupils  that  can  be  reasonably  accommodated  in 
said  school,  and  the  number  of  pupils  of  school  age,  actual  residents  of 
such  school  corporations,  as  shown  by  the  county  superintendent's 
report  last  filed  with  the  county  auditor,  of  said  county;  said  appor- 
tionment shall  be  published  in  the  official  papers  of  such  county,  to  be 
paid  for,  as  other  county  printing;  pupils  from  the  said  school  cor- 
porations to  the  number  so  designated  in  such  apportionment,  shall 
be  entitled  to  admission  into  said  school,  tuition  free,  and  none  others, 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  accredit  pupils  so  attending  to  any  other 
school  corporation,  than  the  one  in  which  they  are  enumerated  for 
school  purposes.  Should  there  be  more  applicants  for  such  admission 
from  any  school  corporation  than  its  proportionate  number,  so  deter- 
mined, then  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school  corporation  shall 
designate  which  of  said  applicants  shall  be  entitled  to  so  attend.  If 
the  school  shall  be  capable  of  accommodating  more  pupils  than  those 
attending  under  such  apportionment,  others  may  be  admitted  by  the 
board  of  trustees,  preference  at  all  times  being  given  to  pupils  desiring 
such  admission,  who  are  residents  of  the  county.  The  board  of  trustees 
shall  fix  reasonable  tuition  for  such  pupils.    If  such  pupils  are  residents 


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of  the  county  the  school  corporation  from  which  they  attend  shall  pay 
their  tuition  out  of  its  contingent  fund.  The  principal  of  such  high 
school  shall  report  to  the  said  board  of  trustees  under  oath,  at  the 
close  of  each  term  the  names  and  number  of  pupils  attending  such 
school  during  said  term,  from  what  school  corporation  they  attended, 
and  the  amount  of  tuition,  if  any,  paid  by  each,  the  same  to  be  in- 
cluded in  the  annual  report  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  trustees 
to  the  board  of  supervisors,  provided  for  in  section  twenty-seven  hun- 
dred and  thirty-one  (2731)  of  the  code.  The  tuition  so  paid  to  be 
turned  over  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees  to  be  used  in  pay- 
ing the  expenses  of  said  school  under  the  direction  of  said  board.  [35 
G.  A.,  ch.  241;   27  G.  A.,  ch.  84,  §  4;   C.  '73,  §   1709.] 


RULES  PEGULATING  THE  CONDUCT  OP  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  PUPILS 
AND  FORBIDDING  THE  USE  OF  TOBACCO  BY  SUCH  PUPILS. 

(Common  Schools.) 

Sec.  2772.     Temporary  officers — course  of  study — regulations.     The 

board  shall  appoint  a  temporary  president  and  secretary,  or  either  of 
them,  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  officers,  and  shall  prescribe  a  course 
of  study  for  the  schools  of  the  corporation,  make  rules  and  regulations 
for  its  own  government  and  that  of  the  directors,  officers,  teachers  and 
pupils,  and  the  care  of  the  schoolhouse,  grounds  and  property  of  the 
school  corporation,  and  aid  in  the  enforcement  of  the  same,  and  require 
the  performance  of  duty  by  said  persons  not  in  conflict  with  law  and 
said  rules  and  regulations,  and  such  rules  and  regulations  shall  prohibit 
the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  form  by  any  student  of  such  schools  and  such 
board  may  suspend  or  expel  such  student  for  any  violation  of  such  rule. 
[35  G.  A.,  ch.  241;  C  '73  §§  1730,  1737;  R.,  §  2037.] 


DUTIES  OF  SECRETARY. 

Sec.  2761.  Duties  of  secretary.  The  secretary  shall  file  and  pre- 
serve copies  of  all  reports  made  to  the  county  superintendent,  and  all 
papers  transmitted  to  him  pertaining  to  the  business  of  the  corpora- 
tion; keep  a  complete  record  of  all  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings  of 
the  board  and  the  voters  of  the  corporation  in  separate  books;  keep  an 
accurate,  separate  account  of  each  fund  with  the  treasurer,  charge  him 
with  all  warrants  and  drafts  drawn  in  his  favor,  and  credit  him  with 
all  orders  drawn  on  each  fund;  and  he  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of 
all  expenses  incurred  by  the  corporation,  and  present  the  same  to  the 
board  for  audit  and  payment.  At  the  annual  meeting  he  shall  record, 
in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose,  the  names  of  all  persons  voting 
thereat,  the  number  of  votes  cast  for  each  candidate,  and  for  and  against 
each  proposition  submitted.  The  secretary  of  each  independent  town 
or  city  district  shall  file  monthly,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each 


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month,  with  the  board  of  directors,  a  complete  statement  of  all  receipts 
and  disbursements  from  the  various  funds  during  the  preceding  month, 
and  also  the  balance  remaining  on  hand  in  the  various  funds  at  the 
close  of  the  period  covered  by  said  statement;  which  monthly  state- 
ments shall  be  open  to  public  inspection.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  246;  C.  '73, 
§§    1741,  1743;  R.,  §§  2041-2;  C.  '51,  §  1128.] 


SCHOOL  SITES. 


Sec.  2814.  Repeal — schoolhouse  sites — acquisition.  Any  school  cor- 
poration may  take  and  hold  so  much  real  estate  as  may  be  required 
for  schoolhouse  sites,  for  the  location  or  construction  thereon  of  school- 
houses,  and  the  convenient  use  thereof,  but  not  to  exceed  one  acre,  ex- 
clusive of  public  highway,  except  in  a  city,  town,  or  village  it  may  in- 
clude one  block  exclusive  of  the  street  or  highway  as  the  case  may  be, 
and  may  take  and  hold  such  additional  real  estate,  not  exceeding  five 
acres,  as  may  be  required  for  school  play  ground  or  other  purposes. 
Provided  nothing  in  this  act  shall  affect  pending  litigation;  or  in  dis- 
tricts consolidated  under  the  provisions  of  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
and  ninety-nine  (2799)  of  the  code,  or  chapter  one  hundred  and  forty- 
one  (141)  of  the  laws  of  the  thirty-first  general  assembly,  or  in  school 
townships  holding  not  more  than  two  sites,  may  consist  of  not  to  exceed 
four  acres,  for  any  one  site,  unless  by  the  owner's  consent,  which  site 
must  be  upon  some  public  road  already  established  or  procured  by  the 
board  of  directors  and  shall,  except  in  cities,  towns,  or  villages,  be  at 
least  thirty  rods  from  the  residence  of  any  owner  who  objects  to  its 
being  placed  nearer,  and  not  in  any  orchard,  garden  or  public  park. 

This  act,  being  deemed  of  immediate  importance,  shall  take  effect 
and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the  Register  and  Leader 
and  the  Des  Moines  Capital,  newspapers  published  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
without  expense  to  the  state.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  253;  32  G.  A.,  ch.  153; 
C.  '73,  §§  1825-6.] 


USE  OP  SCHOOL  BUILDING  FOR  PUBLIC  RECREATION  GROUNDS. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  257. 

AN  ACT  giving  school  boards  in  certain  districts  authority  to  use  school 
buildings  and  grounds  and  other  public  buildings  and  grounds  for 
public  recreation  and  play  ground  purposes  and  providing  for  the 
levy  of  separate  tax  for  the  support  of  same  and  authorizing  cities 
within  or  including  such  districts  to  approapriate  money  for  the 
same  purpose.  Additional  to  chapter  fourteen  (14)  title  thirteen 
(13)  of  the  code. 

Be  it  Enacted  iy  the  General  AssemMy  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  Boards  of  school  directors  in  school  districts  containing 
or  contained  in  cities  of  the  first  or  second  class,  cities  under  special 
charter,  or  cities  under  the  commission  plan  of  government,  are  hereby 


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authorized  to  establish  and  maintain  for  children  in  the  public  school 
buildings  and  on  the  public  school  grounds  under  the  custody  and 
management  of  si.ch  boards,  public  recreation  places  and  play  grounds 
and  necessary  accommodations  for  same,  without  charge  to  the  residents 
of  said  school  district;  also  to  co-operate  with  the  commissioners  or 
boards  having  the  custody  and  management  in  such  cities  of  public 
parks  and  public  buildings  and  grounds  of  whatever  sort,  and  by  making 
arrangements  satisfactory  to  such  boards  controlling  public  parks  and 
grounds  to  provide  for  the  supervision,  instruction  and  oversight  neces- 
sary to  carry  on  public  educational  and  recreational  activities,  as  de- 
scribed in  this  section  in  buildings  and  upon  grounds  in  the  custody  and 
under  the  management  of  such  commissioners  or  boards  having  charge 
of  public  parks  and  public  buildings  on  grounds  of  whatever  sort,  in 
such  cities  of  the  first  or  second  class,  cities  under  special  charter,  or 
cities  under  commission  plan  of  government. 

Sec.  2.  The  board  of  directors  of  any  school  district  containing,  or 
contained  in,  any  city  of  the  first  or  second  class,  city  under  special 
charter,  or  city  under  the  commission  plan  of  government,  may,  and 
upon  petition  to  that  effect  signed  by  legally  qualified  voters  aggregat- 
ing not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  per  cent  of  the  number  voting  at  the 
last  preceding  school  election,  shall  submit  to  the  electors  of  such  school 
district  the  question  of  levying  a  tax  as  in  this  act  provided;  and  if  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  cast  upon  such  proposition  be  in  favor  thereof,  then 
the  board  of  school  directors  shall  proceed  to  organize  the  work  as 
authorized  in  this  act  and  levy  a  tax  therefor  at  the  time  and  in  the 
manner  provided  in  section  three  (3)  of  this  act.  If  at  the  time  of  filing 
said  petition  it  shall  be  more  than  three  months  till  the  next  regular 
school  election,  then  the  board  of  school  directors  shall  submit  said 
question  at  a  special  election  within  sixty  days. 

Sec.  3.  Boards  of  school  directors  in  such  districts  shall  fix  and  cer- 
tify to  the  board  of  supervisors  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  Sep- 
tember the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  next  fiscal  year  for  the 
support  of  the  aforementioned  activities,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
amount  of  necessary  taxes  for  other  school  purposes  is  certified  and 
said  board  of  supervisors  shall  levy  and  collect  a  tax  upon  all  the  prop- 
erty subject  to  taxation  in  said  school  district  at  the  same  time  and  in 
the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  are  levied  and  collected  by  law  which 
shall  be  equal  to  the  amount  of  money  so  required  for  such  purposes  by 
the  said  board  of  school  directors  as  provided  in  this  act;  provided  that 
the  tax  so  levied  upon  each  dollar  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  all  prop- 
erty, real  and  personal  in  said  district,  subject  to  taxation,  shall  not  in 
any  one  year  exceed  two  (2)  mills  for  the  purpose  of  the  activities  here- 
inbefore mentioned  in  this  act;  the  said  tax  shall  not  be  used  or  ap- 
propriated directly  or  indirectly  for  any  other  purpose  than  provided  in 
this  act. 

Sec.  4.  All  moneys  received  by,  or  raised  in  such  city  for  the  afore- 
mentioned purpose  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school  dis- 
trict, to  be  disbursed  by  him  on  orders  of  such  board  of  school  directors 


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in  such  district  in  the  same  manner  as  other  funds  of  said  school  dis- 
trict are  disbursed  by  him,  but  the  tax  provided  for  in  this  act  shall  not 
be  levied  or  collected  nor  shall  the  board  of  school  directors,  as  provided 
in  this  act,  have  authority  to  certify  the  amount  of  taxes  necessary 
for  this  purpose  until  after  the  question  of  the  levy  of  such  tax  shall 
have  been  authorized  by  a  majority  vote  at  a  regular  or  special  election. 

Sec.  5.  After  the  question  of  the  levy  of  such  special  tax  has  been 
submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  voters  as  provided  in  this  act,  the 
authority  shall  remain,  and  such  tax  shall  be  levied  and  collected 
annually  until  such  time  as  the  voters  of  the  school  district  of  such  city 
shall  by  majority  vote  order  the  discontinuance  of  the  levy  and  collec- 
tion of  such  tax. 

Sec.  6.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  any  district  governed  by 
this  act,  may,  and  on  petition  to  that  effect  signed  by  legally  quali- 
fied voters  aggregating  not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  per  cent  of  the 
number  of  voting  at  the  last  preceding  school  election,  shall  submit  to 
the  electors  of  such  school  district  the  question  of  discontinuing  the 
levying  of  such  tax  as  may  have  been  previously  authorized  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  upon  such 
proposition  be  in  favor  thereof,  then  the  levying  of  such  tax  shall  be 
discontinued  and  shall  not  be  resumed  unless  again  authorized  under 
the  provisions  of  section  two  (2)  of  this  act. 

Sec.  7.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  any  distiict  governed  by  this 
act,  is  also  empowered  to  receive  and  expend  for  the  purpose  of  this  act, 
any  sums  of  money  appropriated  and  turned  over  to  them  by  the  city 
council  or  commissioners  of  sucTi  city  for  such  purpose;  and  the  city 
council  or  commissioners  of  such  city,  shall  have  authority  to  appro- 
priate and  turn  over  to  the  board  of  school  directors  of  the  school  dis- 
trict containing  or  contained  in  such  city,  any  reasonable  sums  of 
money  which  the  said  council  or  commissioners  may  desire  to  appro- 
priate out  of  the  general  funds  of  such  city  and  turn  over  to  the  said 
board  of  school  directors  for  the  purposes  herein  set  forth. 

Approved  April  2,  A.  D.  1913. 


LIMIT  OF  INDEBTEDNESS. 

Sec.  2820-a.  Indebtedness  authorized — amounf.  Any  independent 
district  containing,  or  contained  in,  any  city,  town  or  village,  or  any 
consolidated  independent  district  shall  be  allowed  to  become  indebted 
for  the  purpose  of  building  and  furnishing  a  school  house  or  houses  and 
procuring  a  site  therefor,  or  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  land  to  add 
to  a  site  already  owned,  to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  in  the  aggregate, 
including  all  other  indebtedness,  five  per  centum  of  the  actual  value  of 
the  taxable  property  within  such  independent  school  district,  such  value 
to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  county  tax  list  previous  to  the  incurring  of 
such  indebtedness,  anything  contained  in  section  one  thousand  three 
hundred  and  six-b  (1306-b)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding.    This  act  being  deemed  of  immediate  impor- 


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tance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  after  its  publication  in  the  Des 
Moines  Capital  and  Register  and  Leader,  newspapers  published  in  Des 
Moines,  Iowa.  [35  G.  A.,  ch.  10;  34  G.  A.,  ch.  145;  33  G.  A.,  ch.  184; 
30  G.  A.,  ch.  114.] 


PURCHASE  OF  SCHOOL  SITE. 

35  G.  A.,  H.  F.  548. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  section  one  (1)  of  chapter  one  hundred  eighty-four 
(184)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-third  general  assembly  as  amended 
by  section  one  (1)  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-five  (145)  of 
the  acts  of  the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly,  and  to  amend  sec- 
tion two  (2)  of  chapter  one  hundred  eighty-four  (184)  of  the  acts 
of  the  thirty-third  general  assembly  as  amended  by  section  two  (2) 
of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-five  (145)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty- 
fourth  general  assembly,  relative  to  the  limit  of  indebtedness  of 
independent  school  districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  'by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  section  one  (1)  of  chapter  one  hundred  eighty-four 
(184)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-third  general  assembly  as  amended  by 
section  one  (1)  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-five  (145)  of  the  acts  of 
the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly  be  amended  by  adding  after  the 
comma  following  the  word  "therefor"  in  the  fourth  line  of  section  one 
(1)  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-five  (145)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty- 
fourth  general  assembly  the  following  words: 

"or  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  land  to  add  to  a  site  already 
owned,". 

Sec.  2.  That  section  two  (2)  of  chapter  one  hundred  eighty-four 
(184)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-third  general  assembly  as  amended  by 
section  two  (2)  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-five  (145)  of  the  acts  of 
the  thirty-fourth  general  assembly  be  amended  by  adding  a  comma  after 
the  word  "furnished"  in  the  seventh  line  of  section  two  (2),  chapter  one 
hundred  forty-five  (145)  of  the  acts  of  the  thirty-fourth  general  as- 
sembly, and  after  the  comma  the  following  words:  "or  that  suflicient 
land  cannot  be  purchased  to  add  to  a  site  already  owned,". 

Approved  April  18,  A.  D.  1913. 


FLAG  FOR  EACH  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  BUILDING. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  244. 

AN  ACT  to  promote  patriotism  and  to  provide  for  the  display  of  the 
flag  of  the  United  States  of  America  upon  public  buildings  of  the 
state  and  within  certain  public  buildings  of  the  state. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.    That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  directors  of  each 
school  corporatio»  of  this  state  to  provide  a  suitable  flag-staff  on  each 


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public  school  building  maintained  under  the  authority  of  such  board  of 
directors  and  to  provide  each  of  such  school  buildings  with  a  suitable 
flag,  and  such  flag  shall  be  raised  over  such  building  on  all  days  when 
weather  suitable  therefor  shall  prevail. 

Sec.  2.  That  at  the  commencement  of  each  school  day  the  teacher, 
superintendent,  principal  or  whoever  has  the  general  supervision  of  the 
school  administration  within  any  such  building,  may  arrange  for  the 
raising  of  such  flag,  as  herein  provided  for,  over  the  said  building,  with 
appropriate  services,  when  weather  conditions  will  permit,  at  the  be- 
ginning of  each  school  day. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  custodians  of  all  public  build- 
ings of  the  state  of  Iowa  to  raise  over  such  building  the  flag  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  upon  each  secular  day  when  weather  condi- 
tions are  favorable,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  board  of  public 
ofRcers  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing  for  the  supplies  of  any  such 
public  building,  to  provide  in  connection  with  other  supplies  of  any 
such  building  of  the  state  of  Iowa,  a  suitable  flag  for  the  purpose 
herein  provided. 

Approved  April  17,  A.  D.  1913. 


SCHOOL  LAW  DISTRIBUTION. 

35  G.  A., -eh.  256. 

AN  ACT  to  repeal  sections  twenty-eight  hundred  twenty-three-j 
(2823-j),  twenty-eight  hundred  twenty-three-k  (2823-k),  twenty- 
eight  hundred  twenty-three-1  (2823-1),  and  twenty-eight  hundred 
twenty-three-m  (2823-m),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  and  enact 
a  substitute  therefor  relating  to  the  publication  and  distribution 
of  school  laws. 

Be  it  Enacted  ty  the  General  Asseml>ly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  sections  twenty-eight  hundred  and  twenty-three-j 
(2823-j),  twenty-eight  hundred  and  twenty-three-k  (2823-k),  twenty- 
eight  hundred  and  twenty-three-1  (2823-1)  and  twenty-eight  hundred 
twenty-three-m  (2823-m),  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  enacted  in  lieu  thereof: 

"The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  every  four  years,  if 
deemed  necessary,  cause  to  be  printed,  bound  and  distributed  all  school 
laws  in  force  up  to  that  time,  the  number  to  be  determined  by  the  ex- 
ecutive council. 

Each  county  superintendent  shall  be  furnished  a  suflicient  number  of 
copies  to  supply  the  school  officers  of  the  state  and  such  others  as  may 
request  them." 

Approved  April  18,  A.  D.  1913.    :;,,,..  ,^  ^ 


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SCHOOL  FOR  DEAF  AND  DUMB. 

35  G.  A.,  ch.  232. 

AN  ACT  to  repeal  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hundred 
twenty-four  (2724)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code,  1907,  and  to 
•enact  a  substitute  therefor  relating  to  admission  to  the  school  for 
the  deaf  and  to  reports  by  county  superintendents  of  deaf  persons. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  the  law  as  it  appears  in  section  twenty-seven  hun- 
dred twenty-four  (2724)  of  the  supplement  to  the  code  of  1907,  is  here- 
by repealed  and  in  lieu  thereof  is  enacted  the  following; 

Sec.  2724.  Every  resident  of  the  state  of  Iowa  who  is  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  twenty-one  years  of  age  who  is  deaf  and  dumb,  or 
so  deaf  as  to  be  unable  to  acquire  an  education  in  the  common  schools, 
and  every  such  person  who  is  over  twenty-one  and  under  thirty-tive 
years  of  age  who  has  the  consent  of  the  board  of  control  of  state  insti- 
tutions, shall  be  entitled  to  receive  an  education  in  the  institution  at 
the  expense  of  the  state,  and  non-residents  similarly  situated  may  be 
entitled  to  an  education  therein,  upon  the  payment  of  sixty-six  dollars 
quarterly,  in  advance.  Each  superintendent  of  common  schools,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year,  shall  report  to  the 
superintendent  of  the  institution  the  name,  age  and  postofRce  address 
of  each  deaf  and  dumb  person,  or  person  so  deaf  as  to  be  unable  to 
acquire  an  education  in  the  common  schools,  between  the  ages  of  five 
and  thirty-five  years  and  residing  in  his  county  so  far  as  he  may 
ascertain. 

Approved  March  29,  A.  D.  1913. 


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